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Jeans Evolution: G-Star’s raw new strategy
It was in a modified chic space on 10th Avenue, at the tail end of New York Fashion Week 2017, when G-Star Raw unveiled the second coming of the G-Star Elwood X25 in collaboration with music savant Pharrell Williams. The cavernous space was transformed into a cool laundromat with a sequential mood board labelled &…
My travels to New York: Planning and execution
This trip was a gift from my mom. Every time I gushed about my travel dreams; every laptop and cellphone wallpaper she saw; all the pop culture I spent hours saturated in, and every career goal I ever mapped out – she listened to…she observed. On the day commemorating my birth, she willed this incredible…
Travel New York: The Klaasy way to tourist 2.0
Everyone who has been to The Big Apple atleast once, has their own kernels of wisdom for the next person. The essentials I have for you so far, are simple: For a little soul Carry a piece of African soul with you, on your travels. Soul Design is a Cape town-born brand dedicated to artisan…
Travel New York: A Bloggers Essential Hi Online Gadgets
It’s a brave, new world where gadgets reign supreme. For the most part, tech is a convenient way to get many of our jobs done, but humans can very rarely be replaced. That is what makes reading content – like about my New York trip – through our phones and such, so much fun. I’ve…
Travel New York: The Klaasy way to tourist
Everyone who has been to The Big Apple atleast once, has their own kernels of wisdom for the next person. The essentials I have for you so far, are simple: For skin ”DUH!” Coconut Butter for the body, but you need M.A.C. Cosmetics to sort out the skin on your face with hydration, and flawlessness….
New York Fashion Week 2017: Day Six Outfit of the Day
I took a day off from Fashion Week, following my feet’s insistence. I rolled back into the game, on the last day of New York Fashion Week, in my chillest outfit yet, the forecasted rain be damned! I was at the G-Star presentation, which was studded with everyone from Pharrell Williams to Jaden Smith and…
New York Fashion Week 2017: Day Five Outfit of the Day
Let me cross the street like the stylish fashion blogger, who’s not aware of the photographer’s, I am 😂😎 Cool as the ocean, in Ruff Tung 🙏 The Showspace . Got a little glam with my golden MAC Cosmetics lipstick, and the look is finished off with a Colette by Colette Hayman Bag. Fashion week today, was a quick in and out….
New York Fashion Week 2017: Day Four Outfit of the Day
One of my favorite outfits from New York Fashion Week, is this one. . Thank you so much to Ruff Tung & The Showspace for the pleat jumpsuit & kimono (somebody tried to buy…seriously, New Yorkers wanna shop my looks right off my back). Isn’t that Colette by colette hayman handbag thee most gorgeous and vibrant thing you ever did see?…
New York Fashion Week 2017: Day Three Outfit of the Day
It was grey and cold this day, and so I brought the sun. As you’ll notice, I haven’t tried to be extra with my fashion week looks. I’m just being me. Everything I’m wearing is comfortable and stylish, and just makes me feel good. Thank you to the folks who have been on this fashion…
New York Fashion Week 2017: Day Two Outfit of the Day
I woke up, and my feet gave me the mother of all reality checks: I will NOT be wearing high heels to Fashion Week today! With this adamant and throbbing reprimand in effect, I had to figure out what I should wear that still speaks to my taste and need for comfort, all while trying…
New York Fashion Week 2017: Day One Outfit of the Day
New York Fashion Week has been at the top of my list of pop culture ‘bucket list’ ventures since I understood the idea of personal style and the realm of taste-makers. I joyfully stepped into Day 1 of NYFW Sept. 2017 with the utmost exuberance, spurning my excitement on with thoughts of the famed vibe…
They tell me not to dream big
I had a chat with someone a week ago and they told me that given my status as a ‘beginner’ according to world media, that I shouldn’t consider covering the Cannes Film Festival right now. It’s good advice I guess – very pragmatic. I find it utterly distasteful though for myself. Even when faced with…
Taste and Style
Woman, and recently men, have readily embraced the beauty of being one with their appearance, that it isn’t a narcissistic form of agency. I look at my closet and see myself most easily revealed in the queued up stilettos, the folded up pieces of colorful material, the antiquated jewelry box laden with the collective masses…
Cape Town Fashion Week 2013: Streetstyle
While experiencing the wonders of Fashion Week, I ran into some wicked outfits. While some I questioned, because clashing prints are weird to the appreciation of aesthetic my mind has, I saw people being adventurous and I loved their use of color. I noted one of the Luxo Magazine folks rocking a pair of white…